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TomKean

It’s an intriguing thing the different speeds people go at in pools. It’s almost as bad as road rage, and happens all the time. David Wilkie’s little brush with controversy shows it’s a problem that needs to be handled by the sports centre, not the swimmers. I once swam in […]

There’s a video going around called the Pool of Death, showing young men playing in the water in a large rock pool in Hawaii. The water is pretty feisty and the thrill-seekers appear to be having a fun adrenaline-filled time. You can see the full video here on You Tube and […]

To some, the shortening days and colder nights spells the end of their swimming season, so let’s have a quick look at some of the reasons why you might like to keep going for as long as possible. But for starters, does our headline perhaps over-do the gravity of the […]

More than any other event that we have ever done or been involved with, the newly re-branded Thames Marathon (of Bridge to Bridge fame) elicits the most shock and awe from those less accustomed to the antics of us open water swimmers. We say antics, but of course these days […]

If ever there were two words with a more evocative connotation it has to be Club and Pub. Swim 1.5km in the Thames from one to the other and surely you have a recipe for a great time. We Brits are a nation of Clubbers, and we don’t mean the […]

Swimming’s international governing body is in danger of making the wrong call about the use of wetsuits at Rio. We at the Henley Swim are adding our voice to the growing opinion that the use of wetsuits at the Rio Games detracts from the spirit of the 10K open water […]

It might seem a slightly odd thing to write about in the depths of winter, but have you ever wondered what happens during the winter months at the event companies who organise all those summer swims? Take a look around you the next time you go to an organised event […]